Question

Read these lines from the poem "Camouflaging the Chimera" by Yusef Komunyakaa:

Answer 1

The line that best describes one effect of the poet's use of simile in this excerpt is: C. It shows the VC's coordination in the face of obstacles to emphasize the challenging nature of the environment.

According to the dictionary, a simile is "a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid". The poet says "VC struggled with the hillside, like black silk wrestling iron through grass." That image evokes the challenges of nature and of the surroundings of VC, and in turn, highlight his coordination to overcome such obstacles.

Answer 2

I confirmed the answer as C. It shows the VC's coordination in the face of obstacles to emphasize the challenging nature of the environment. Through Apex